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Song for a Special-effects Dance in Shimanouchi (Shikumi odori ondo no uta, Shimanouchi): Sparrows in Dance Costumes


「仕組踊おんとの哥 嶋之内」 雀
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 33 × 15 cm (13 × 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.824.28
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPossibly kabuki actor Nakamura Baigyoku I (1778-1838). The artist Baigyoku who designed a satirical print in 1868 (11.34998.83a-b and 11.42013a-b) is probably a different person.
Signed Baigyoku saku
梅玉作
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross